Dear Friends and Family,
Greetings from Costa Rica! We hope that all of you are doing well. We have been staying very busy here in Costa Rica. We are continuing to establish the church in San Pablo. Every week we have a small team that goes out preaching the Gospel in door-to-door evangelism and in public parks. We are continuing to develop our visitation ministry in which we visit church members, visitors, and those who are sick or need encouragement. Jeremy has continued to preach through 1 Corinthians on Sundays and is also teaching a series on practical discipleship on Tuesday evenings. Michelle coordinates the children’s ministries and helps out at a Christian school. All in all, we stay very busy.
We are behind schedule on sending out this newsletter. Since last month, we have moved to another house and have had to do quite a bit of fixing things up. Thankfully, Jeremy has some experience with different types of construction and repairs. Unfortunately, we were hit by a severe cold or flu of some kind. We are still recovering at the time of writing this. Thankfully, we are now doing a little bit better. Although we now have permanent residency, we still have to renew our ID cards every now and then to stay in good standing. Unfortunately, there seems to be some strange delay with the renewal which makes things difficult for us to do some relatively basic things. Hopefully everything will get resolved soon enough. As for our kids, they are doing well. They are studying hard and we are now working to get Ellie into the bilingual school where Lila attends. She will need to take some entry exams in the coming months. Please pray for that!
Before closing out with a few prayer requests, we would like to thank all who pray for us and give to support the work here in Costa Rica. We know that God blesses and honors your prayers and support. Honestly, we are a bit overwhelmed at the moment with so much to do, but we know that is a part of the ebb and flow of the ministry. This month, please pray:
1 – For our health. That we will fully recover and get caught up on everything.
2 – That the Lord will bless the ministry and that more souls saved and added to the church.
3 – That God will resolve any issues that are causing the delay of our residency ID cards.
In Christ,
Jeremy, Michelle, Lila, Ellowyn, and Elijah Blanz
